blind situations

So it folds around to you 9 max, you are small blind, you have a mediocre or marginal hand like j10 or k9, this is a raise situation right? What happens if they re raise? So far for me I just call that situation if its not like an all in raise. Lets say the flop misses you but high card is in your hand. So far I make a cotinuation bet of about half the pot. If they raise this is a fold right? Or am I just a scaredy cat? Lets say he only called my continuation bet and the next card misses me too, continue with the trible barrel or check it over?

this question/situation is too general, it really depends of variety of factors. Lets say: 9max ring? tourney? Who is BB? what is his fold to 3 bet what is his fold to steal on BB? this things also can answer your question more accurate then us.

Without hud, like i play, i'd always 3 bet JT or even K9, from sb if everyone folds, ill fold to 4 bet with K9 but might call with J10... on flop whatever is on board ill represent a strong hand with a 3 bet almost always (depends on wet or dry board) , if i get called i'd slow down and try to figure out weather he is drawing or not, if he drawing is he called with proper pot odds to draw, or if not he might have made hand, then on turn if a card helps to the board or hand that i represent i'd bet again, now if this card helps to the draw i'd bet again but fold to a raise or check fold on river if get called on turn... Al this is just really really simplified way i think about a hand, i might miss something, feel free to discuss or ask additional questions but remember, there is no black and white poker situation, and info's about opponents are crucial for making the right decision...

As Draza pointed out, there is really no black and white answer. My actions may differ depending on what, if any, information I've been able to pick up. But generally speaking, I have noticed that players often suspect LP raisers of trying to steal and an aggressive player may defend against this by 3-betting with ATC. I have had players 3-bet 10x with J-4 off in these situations. With this in mind, I'm not likely folding to a 3-bet. However, I'm not going to be going to war pre-flop with hands like J-10 or K-9 either.

After the flop, I'd probably proceed with a little bit of caution, keeping in mind that the BB may have played ATC. So on a dry looking board, I might have to consider the possibility that they may have connected with the flop. Because of that I would definitely have to consider folding if my continuation bet were to be raised.

I think this original question is stemming from last night's coverage of the wsop Main Event, where someone not in hand called clock on dude with the nuts, Jacks full of 10s, who had it checked to him on the river and he was figuring out how much to value bet. The show actually went to commercial, came back and someone called the clock on him not in the hand. They said he was taking forever on ever single hand, and that in this hand in particular it shouldn't take this long to figure out how much to value bet. I probably would've called clock in this situation as well.

i think j10 or j10 suited is a raise and you can still fold to 3 bet or flat and see flops....I wouldn't raise k9 unless I had a read on player because if we get 3 bet we would have to fold....also hitting the king could easily mean reverse implied odds if he has k10 or better

jcla6985 said:

So it folds around to you 9 max, you are small blind, you have a mediocre or marginal hand like j10 or k9, this is a raise situation right? What happens if they re raise? So far for me I just call that situation if its not like an all in raise. Lets say the flop misses you but high card is in your hand. So far I make a cotinuation bet of about half the pot. If they raise this is a fold right? Or am I just a scaredy cat? Lets say he only called my continuation bet and the next card misses me too, continue with the trible barrel or check it over?

Click to expand...

That's usually the moves I make. Sometimes you can fire that third bullet and take the pot, but you also have to evaluate each move he's done so far and also look at your hand and your stack size to his, and ask yourself it's a move you really need to make. There's no need to start chip dumping because you missed the flop in the blinds.